And this old world is a new world and a bold world for me.

Yesterday we ate breakfast in the Castro and killed some time before hitching our ride to the airport. We walked by record store and DYA said, 'oh, does Madonna have a new album?' and we realized, no, that's Gwen Stefani. Then SNK posted about a Gwen Stefani song on her journal (a cover/interpolation of Lady Saw's 'If I Were a Rich Girl', which in turn samples Fiddler on the Roof), and that reminded me to check it out. So I'm listening to it this morning and it's so utterly ridiculous and I kind of absolutely love it. The song "Crash"? It's like a Kylie Minogue b-side to "she don't got the boom like I do". The song "Luxurious"? Has the same sample as "Big Poppa". The song "Hollaback Girl"? A strange cross between 80s "Mickey" and last year's "Tipsy".

Okay, now onto the regular journal entry -- more about my chest, the surgery, the end of my trip, etc. Less existential this time.
( once more, with feeling )